Yellow-bellied Marmot Images, Facts and Information:
Marmota flaviventris
- Yellow-bellied Marmots are large burrowing rodents with brown fur, yellow bellies, white muzzles and small round ears.
- Male marmots are larger on average then the females.
- Yellow-bellied Marmots are found throughout the western U.S including the Rockies, Sierra Nevada and the intermountain west along with some areas in Canada.
- The preferred habit for Yellow-bellied Marmots includes alpine meadows, steppes, rocky mountain talus slopes, semi-desert areas, pastures and forest edges.
- Yellow-bellied Marmots eat grasses, leaves, blossoms of herbaceous plants, grains, fruit and occasionally insects.
- Nicknames for Yellow-bellied Marmots include “rock chuck” and “whistle pig”.
- Yellow-bellied Marmots have 1 to 5 pups in their litters.
- Yellow-bellied Marmots live up to 13 to 15 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Yellow-bellied Marmot photos.
Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot in the Uinta National Forest
Title: Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot in the Uinta National Forest
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/7/2022
Yellow-bellied Marmot in the Uinta Mountains
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot in the Uinta Mountains
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/7/2022
Yellow-bellied Marmot in the high Uintas
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot in the high Uintas
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/7/2022
Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot in the High Uintas
Title: Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot in the High Uintas
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/7/2022
Young Yellow-bellied Marmot pups at their den
Title: Young Yellow-bellied Marmot pups at their den
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/30/2022
Portrait of two Yellow-bellied Marmot pups
Title: Portrait of two Yellow-bellied Marmot pups
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/30/2022
Yellow-bellied Marmot baby looking out from a crevice
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot baby looking out from a crevice
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/10/2022
Baby Yellow-bellied Marmot warming up in the sunlight
Title: Baby Yellow-bellied Marmot warming up in the sunlight
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/10/2022
Yellow-bellied Marmot baby on a cool spring morning
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot baby on a cool spring morning
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/10/2022
Adult male Yellow-bellied Marmot on a cliff
Title: Adult male Yellow-bellied Marmot on a cliff
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/1/2022
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup in a crack in the rocks
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup in a crack in the rocks
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/1/2022
Yellow-bellied Marmot out and about in January
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot out and about in January
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/15/2022
Yellow-bellied Marmot resting on a cliff
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot resting on a cliff
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/17/2021
Yellow-bellied Marmot above ground way too early in winter
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot above ground way too early in winter
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/7/2021
Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot in February
Title: Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot in February
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/7/2021
Yellow-bellied Marmot on a rocky slope in February
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot on a rocky slope in February
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 2/7/2021
Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot high up on a cliff
Title: Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot high up on a cliff
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/8/2020
Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Adult Yellow-bellied Marmot in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 3/16/2020
Yellow-bellied Marmot pup exploring its world
Title: Yellow-bellied Marmot pup exploring its world
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/16/2019
Alert female Yellow-bellied Marmot
Title: Alert female Yellow-bellied Marmot
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/16/2019